Facing the Heat Barrier: A History of Hypersonics
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (529 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1780394594 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 356 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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A. T. . He is a frequent contributor to magazines such as Discover, Forbes, Nature, Omni, and American Heritage, and has authored five previous books, including Colonies in Space and Toward Distant Suns. HEPPENHEIMER, Ph.D., an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, has written extensively on aerospace, business, and the history of technology
Illustrated.. NASA History Series NASA SP-2007-4232. First published in 2006
About the Author T. A. HEPPENHEIMER, Ph.D., an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, has written extensively on aerospace, business, and the history of technology. He is a frequent contributor to magazines such as Discover, Forbes, Nature, Omni, and American Heritage, and has authored five previous books, including Colonies in Space and Toward Distant Suns.
History of a techno-fantasy Jeffrey F. Bell Hypersonic aircraft, like fusion power plants and moonbases, was one of the technologies that were supposedly ten years away about 1960 but have never appeared despite another 50 years of work and the expenditure of many billions of tax dollars. This book explains just why this concept is so hard to realize in actual hardware, and why numerous well-funded research programs have failed miserably.I particularly recommend the section on the X-30 "National Aero-Space Plane"